An edition of Mineral resources of the Blitzen River Study Area, Harney County, Oregon (1987)
Mineral resources of the Blitzen River Study Area, Harney County, Oregon
By Phillip R. Moyle
Publish Date
1987
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Western Field Operations Center
Language
eng
Pages
14
Description:
"In 1986, at the request of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Bureau of Mines studied 21,530 acres of the 54,960-acre Blitzen River Wilderness Study Area (OR-002-086E) ... The study area is 65 miles south of Burns, OR, on the west slope of the Steens Mountains ... This report describes the USBM (U.S. Bureau of Mines) portion of a cooperative study with the USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) to evaluate the mineral resources and potential ... The USBM examines individual mines, prospects, claims, and mineralized zones, and evaluates identified mineral and energy resources"--Leaf 4.